Mrs. Butterworth’s Is Rethinking Its Brand & Packaging To Bust Racist Overtones
Trickling in the footsteps of Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben’s, pancake syrup giant Mrs. Butterworth is in the beginning stages of a “complete brand and packaging review” in hopes of dispelling racial bias and caricatures. Dan Skinner, brands communications manager of the brand’s parent company ConAgra, told Forbes in an email statement that it has started on a “complete brand … Continue reading Mrs. Butterworth’s Is Rethinking Its Brand & Packaging To Bust Racist Overtones Continue Reading
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook and Instagram will allow users to turn off political ads in lieu of the upcoming 2020 US election. Facebook previously faced backlash for making posts from politicians readily available on its platform, even when they contained false information. Twitter, on the other hand, banned political advertising in October 2019. “For … 
Apart from acceding all your requests for home solutions through its multifaceted array of furniture, IKEA has been toying with unexpected technologies with its research and design firm, SPACE10. Its latest project is Everyday Experiments, a hub of 18 experiments created to redefine home design and introduce more decision-making tools. A notable project is Extreme Measures by London-based … 
The Matrix star and dreamboat Keanu Reeves is auctioning off a fraction of his time for the greater good. The actor will sit down for a video call with the highest bidder for 15 minutes in a prize draw called ‘15 Minutes of Fame with Keanu Reeves’. The mini session with Reeves was initially valued at US$10,000, … 
Offices will remain crucial places for creativity and combatting loneliness but will change dramatically in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, according to research by Vitra published today as part of VDF’s collaboration with the furniture brand. The first two of a series of e-papers on the post-pandemic office, uploaded to the brand’s website last month, include six hypotheses about how workplaces … 
Dezeen promotion: Italian ceramics company FMG has produced a collection of large-scale tiles called Max Fine, which can be applied across floors, walls and furnishings. Despite their large size, the tiles in FMG’s Max Fine collection are lightweight and have a reduced thickness of six millimetres so that interior designers can easily apply them to a diverse array of surfaces. … 
VDF products fair: Italian design house Fornasetti took cues from pop culture and optical illusion art when creating this series of black-and-white Sole A Ventaglio products. Fornasetti’s set of Sole A Ventaglio products combine traditional artisanal techniques with designs that are “both timeless and contemporary”. The monochrome pattern features a central sun that has been given a human … 
VDF products fair: Italian brand Fornasetti has unveiled a range of furniture and lighting for the living room that is covered in unpublished sketches and handwritten messages drawn by the brand’s founder, Piero Fornasetti. Named Solitario, the design forms part of the brand’s Unusual Living Rooms collection. Solitario consists of a range of handmade furniture and accessories, each covered with playful drawings … 
VDF products fair: a couple of long-forgotten notebooks filled with sketches informed Italian brand Fornasetti‘s Facciata Quattrocentesca furniture range. The Facciata Quattrocentesca range – which is part of Fornasetti’s Unusual Living Rooms collection – includes a two-seat sofa, floor lamp, mirror, coffee table, side table, umbrella stand and waste-paper bin. Designed to demonstrate “geometrical rigour”, each item boasts a … 
VDF products fair: prowling leopards and lush foliage feature in Italian brand Fornasetti‘s latest range of furniture, called Leopardo. The Leopardo range comes as part of Fornasetti’s Unusual Living Room collection and has been finished with exotic details that evoke “faraway stories and echoes of travel”. It includes a sofa, wide-seat armchair, ottoman, lamp, coffee table and side …